Tag: day off

How I celebrate holidays

I don’t have any earth shattering remarks on how I celebrate holidays. I would say most of them are just another day to me. On a few of the big ones, I try to make the rounds and see a few family members who are still alive. Those are the ones that occur close to the end of the year, namely Christmas and Thanksgiving. Holidays were a very exciting part of my life as a kid, but they really don’t stand out very much to me anymore. I am mostly thankful that I don’t have to work through the holidays. It gives me a chance to let go of all the things I have on my mind and actually relax.

Holiday Celebrations

  • New Years – Stay up for the countdown. See the show downtown.
  • Valentines – Don’t even know when it happens.
  • 4th of July – Watch the fireworks display downtown.
  • Christmas – Leave town to visit family. Eat dinner, usually have sweets.
  • Thanksgiving – Leave town to visit family. Eat traditional food.
  • St. Patrick’s Day – Visit an Irish pub. Oh wait, that’s every weekend.

Weekly Celebrations

  • Monday – All day happy hour at one of the cocktail bars downtown, I’m there!
  • Tuesday or Thursday – My favorite days to eat out at a nice restaurant, because they are packed on the weekends.
  • Friday – Visit a few bars downtown, but I’m trying to cut this back so I don’t have a hangover all day Saturday.
  • Saturday – Visit a couple of my favorite bartenders that work at an Irish pub downtown. Play songs I like on the jukebox.

How do you celebrate? What’s your favorite holiday? Do you celebrate during the week? Do you have certain days of the week or month you do something special? Let me know in the comments, and please like, share, and subscribe!

My ideal week.

Here are a few things that would be a part of my ideal week.

  1. I would not feel ill or be in any sort of pain.
  2. I would have zero responsibilities to think about.
  3. I would spend it with the people I want to be around.
  4. I wouldn’t have to show up at a job, but my income wouldn’t suffer.
  5. I would spend it at a place that is pleasant and relaxing.
  6. I would be free to do whatever I want all week.
  7. I would feel like all is right with those I care about.
  8. My mind would be at ease from all worries and concerns.
  9. I felt with certainty that those I love actually love me.
  10. I would not realize that I only had one week of bliss.

Notable happenings.

The day isn’t even halfway over, but it doesn’t look like today is going to be very noteworthy. I am stuck in an all-day meeting on my day off. The one nice thing about it is I don’t have to go into the office for this one. I can mostly just do it from my phone, but it’s still a day I was supposed to have off. I already put in 40 hours this week working 4 10-hour days. This goes back to what I was saying yesterday. Jobs get in the way of living. Something interesting might happen before midnight, but the odds are not in my favor.

Do you ever work on your day off? Do you lose vacation days each year because you can’t find time to take them? Does it take forever to catch up when you do take off? Let me know in the comments.